The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1887-04-10

give Ouc Marshall trlendS cnance'
Hon. R. Y. McADEN AND AsHE-
VILE.
| Our excelleps friend Hon. r. Y
McAden lives and has his bsing. az
all North Carolinians know, in Char
lotte, which is also in this State
By some very singular freak of his
nature he does not believe there is
any other place but Charlo tie, and
he nightly prays that he may be
allowed to remain in Charlotte after
death. Charlotte is a very excellent,
attractive, and progressive place,
but our friend has wilfully closed
his eyes to the fact that there con
be any other place than Charlotte
Mr.. MCAden frequently visits New
York and other places of minor i'm
portance, more by way Of recreation
than otherwise. Recently he vis>
tied that metropolis, and stopped at
the leading hotel of the city. He
approached the hotel register with
the air peculiar to North Caroliniaus
when away from home, and in bis
we'll known, bold hand, which but
few people can read, wrote "R. Y
McAden, Charlotte, N. c." There
happened to be standing near sew
eral gentlemen, all strangers to Mr..
McAden. No sooner had he regis
tered than one of the strangers step
ped up very politely and said, Il
see you are from North Carolina"
eyes SIR" said Mr.. McAden, Pm
from Charlotte with an expression
of voice that indicated, you may
not know anything Of North Carroll
ma, but when I mention Charlotte
you will know where I am FROM"
The stranger replied, myself and
sevaral friends have been thinking
of going to North Carolina, that is,
Asheville. Is your home near that
city p
But for the immediate presence of
another ffieEs5, aaS9l. s. MeR Fate,
who nominally is considered a citi-
zen of Morganton, but whose neigh
bors have long since noticed an
inclinAtion in him to become a citi>
zen of Asheville, something very
serious would have happened on
the spot. Mr.. McAden made no
reply to the inquiry, for his change
OF color alarmed Col. Tate, who at
once called him ofand administered
something soothing. What it was
we have never been able to
find out; all we could learn it bore
the imprint of a well known North
Carolina house of high reputation,
located, we believe somewhere
in the South Mountains. When
Mr.. McAden had gotten quiet
enough to be reasoned with, Col.
Tate assured him he should not be
surprised at such inquiries. "Why,"
said he, II have frequently been
confronted and affronted in my
travels, in this country and abroad
with just such questions, and have
actually met most intelligent peo-
pie who seemed to know all about
Asheville vine scarcely knew of
North Carolina. How this is per"
plexes me, but it is a fact. Others
can tell you Asheville is in North
Carolina, but when Charlotte or
Raleigh, or Wilmington, or Atlanta,
or Augusta or Columbia or Knox
vile are mentioned they ask What
State is such place in" 'We may
as well recognize TIT lneYitable,
continued Col. Tate to his friend,
There is but one Asheville, and
that fact seems;to be impressed on all
the world"
Our friend Mr.. McAden accepted
the explanation and kindly services
of his friend Col. T., but he did not,
and can never get over the idea that
Charlotte is a most interesting and
an existant fact, and sympathizes
with the gIeat igoranee of mankind
and want of general education.
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